- Joined
- Saturday October 15, 2016
Thanks for all the nice welcomes and even offers of sample blades from the nice people here. I thought I would give you the rundown of my first shave with the Edwin Jagger DE89 which came through the post today. I also have an artificial badger hair brush and was using prorasso green shaving soap and loaded the razor with one of the complimentary feather blades that came with the razor.
I took my time and followed the three pass method that most recommend, not putting on any pressure on the razor, letting the weight of the razor do the work and taking my time. I have to say the results are largely very positive. I did not cut myself and I had a very close shave with the razor: much better than any multiblade Gilette or Wilkinson Sword blade BUT what I can say is that I received quite a lot razor burn from the razor. My face is not bumpy and blotchy but my skin has a tingling sting that is still there from this morning. I guess I just have to get used to a DE blade. I have read that these feather blades are the sharpest in the world so I guess I jumped in at the deep end!
I took my time and followed the three pass method that most recommend, not putting on any pressure on the razor, letting the weight of the razor do the work and taking my time. I have to say the results are largely very positive. I did not cut myself and I had a very close shave with the razor: much better than any multiblade Gilette or Wilkinson Sword blade BUT what I can say is that I received quite a lot razor burn from the razor. My face is not bumpy and blotchy but my skin has a tingling sting that is still there from this morning. I guess I just have to get used to a DE blade. I have read that these feather blades are the sharpest in the world so I guess I jumped in at the deep end!
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